Full-Time Faculty (KCEA) Benefits

Medical Insurance: Full-time faculty are eligible for individual or family coverage, participating in Kish’s self-insurance, PPO or HDHP health plans.

Vision Insurance: Full-time faculty are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s vision insurance plan.

Dental Insurance: Full-time faculty are eligible for individual or family coverage in Kish’s dental insurance plan.

Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account: Employees can set aside pre-tax dollars to cover eligible medical or dependent care expenses.

Term Life Insurance: The College provides Term Life Insurance equal to $50,000 or 1.5 times the annual base salary. Employees electing 1.5 times base salary are liable for tax implications. Optional life insurance for employees, spouses and dependents is available.

Retirement: State law requires Full-Time Faculty to join the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For more information, visit https://surs.org/. 

Deferred Compensation Plans: The College offers 403(b) and 457 tax-deferred annuity plans.

Tuition Waivers: The College will waive tuition for an unlimited amount of Kishwaukee College credit courses for employees, spouses and children under 25.

Tuition Reimbursement: Reimbursement for course tuition at other educational institutions is available as outlined in the KCEA collective bargaining agreement.

Four-Day Summer Work Week: The College adopts a four-day summer work week beginning on the Monday following Spring Commencement and continuing for 12 weeks.

Sick: Full-time faculty receive 15 sick days per academic year, with up to two sick days available to use during the summer term by non-twelve-month faculty teaching summer classes. Up to five sick days may be used for personal business.

Vacation: 12-month Bargaining Unit Faculty receive 21 days of vacation each fiscal year.

Sabbatical Leave: Full-time tenured faculty members who have completed a minimum of seven years of full-time continuous service to the College may apply for sabbatical leave. Sabbaticals may be one year or one semester in duration.

Observed Paid Holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Spring Friday
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth (June 19)
• Independence Day (July 4)
• Labor Day
• The day before Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Day
• The day after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve Day
• Christmas Day
• New Year’s Eve